Chief Olamide Falana, the Special Adviser on Gender Matters to Ondo State governor, says the state government has earmarked N500 million as loan for market women.
Falana stated this on Monday in Akure at the Ondo State APC Women Mega rally in support of Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa’s aspiration.
Aiyedatiwa is the candidate of APC in the Nov. 16 governorship election.
The special adviser who urged the women to vote for Aiyedatiwa in the election, said the governor has passion for them.
Falana, who highlighted various policies and programmes of Aiyedatiwa in the last 10 months, commended the governor’s approach to governance.
“Vote Gov. Aiyedatiwa, a man who has done so much for Ondo State and even much more for our women.
“You would agree with me that within 10 months of getting to the office, the governor has done so much to reciprocate the love that women are showing to him today.
“The governor has earmarked N500 million as microcredit loan to market women.
“And that is really iconic because this is also another way of ensuring that the commerce of the state is optimum,” she stated.
According to her, the governor is doing so much in ensuring that schools are well-equipped and our teachers are also motivated.
She added that the governor had approved money for clearing of farmlands to ensure abundant food supply.
Falana said that the governor believed in women, that was why he appointed women into various positions.
Also speaking, Chief Folasade Tinubu-Ojo, Iyaloja-General of Nigeria, encouraged all women to come out en masse and cast their votes for Aiyedatiwa.
Tinubu-Ojo said that Aiyedatiwa appointed many women into various positions in allowing them to manifest their capacities.
Similarly, Mrs Lola Fagbemi, the state Commissioner for Women Affairs, urged women to vote for APC, asking them to get their voter’s card to enable them vote.
Fagbemi promised that Aiyedatiwa would provide more responsible government that would cater for women in the state .
In her remarks, the Deputy Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly, Mrs Bolaji Olagbaju, assured the women that Aiyedatiwa-led government would give them more hands to operate.
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